.. only:: html
.. note::
:class: sphx-glr-download-link-note
Click :ref:`here ` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title
.. _sphx_glr_gallery_ticks_and_spines_tick_xlabel_top.py:
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Set default x-axis tick labels on the top
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We can use :rc:`xtick.labeltop` and :rc:`xtick.top` and :rc:`xtick.labelbottom`
and :rc:`xtick.bottom` to control where on the axes ticks and their labels
appear.
These properties can also be set in ``.matplotlib/matplotlibrc``.
.. image:: /gallery/ticks_and_spines/images/sphx_glr_tick_xlabel_top_001.png
:alt: xlabel top
:class: sphx-glr-single-img
.. code-block:: default
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
plt.rcParams['xtick.bottom'] = plt.rcParams['xtick.labelbottom'] = False
plt.rcParams['xtick.top'] = plt.rcParams['xtick.labeltop'] = True
x = np.arange(10)
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.plot(x)
ax.set_title('xlabel top') # Note title moves to make room for ticks
plt.show()
.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_ticks_and_spines_tick_xlabel_top.py:
.. only :: html
.. container:: sphx-glr-footer
:class: sphx-glr-footer-example
.. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python
:download:`Download Python source code: tick_xlabel_top.py `
.. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter
:download:`Download Jupyter notebook: tick_xlabel_top.ipynb `
.. only:: html
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature
Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
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